Meanings
nounhypomutation (countable and uncountable, plural hypomutations)
plural hypomutations
- countableuncountablebiologyA reduced rate of mutation
We searched for the hypomutation phenomenon from the viewpoint of protein functioning.
2015 November 14, “Bringing Down Cancer Aircraft: Searching for Essential Hypomutated Proteins in Skin Melanoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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